Hi There Hammy

H. Mathis used craigslist to get dirt from 52 states and then made an art project by placing the dirt on a bit shaped like that state. It’s interesting to see the soil differences… South Dakota is gorgeous!

I found this video on Kitsune Noir today. It’s a parody of those boring instructional videos from the 60′s on Maths. Can you tell you’re not in the U.S. anymore? Stick with it, it’s pretty great in that British Humor sort of way.

Luke Haynes makes these wonderfully beautiful quilts. He has a whole series of portraits as well as some everyday objects that he recreates out of fabric. I wouldn’t mind snuggling under one of these…

THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE!

I’m also a huge fan of the intro to these little videos. I think I’m in love….

I bought Monty some anti-dandruff bunny shampoo at Burn’s Feedstore today and decided that he needed to have a bath. I’ve never given him one and since he got all of his new coat in he could use one to help out his skin. I plunked him in the bathtub and lathered him up only to discover that he is sooooo tiny! He’s all head and ears.

Poor ADORABLE Monty.

Look what you can get for free (in exchange for monies) in the etsy shop! Woot woot! These can be worn over another pair of mittens if you’ve got small hands like m’self or by themselves if you’ve got Dad sized hands (I made him try them on to make sure). Enjoy!

The first project we did in mummy’s class this quarter was to design a Lulu.com book and then eventually order it so we could have a real-life copy. Mine came in the mail today! It’s a collection of photos and stories from all of my favorite craft projects over the last couple of years. Woohoo! It’s so pretty. There are a couple things I would change before I order more, but for my first design project I’m pretty pleased with it!

The back and front covers…

Oh man. It’s official. I am now a business card holding, important person. I ordered 100 cards from overnight prints because they had a special for a few days which gave me those cards for FREE! Plus shipping. These babies will be making their way to my mailbox soonish and then I can start handing them out like candy. Glossy, rounded corner candy.

I went to the magical land of Fabric Depot today picked over the aisles for good bits of fabric. I finally came away with four colors of felt and six 1/4 yards of cotton fabric. I love the Amy Butler collection but all the good patterns were in home decorating fabric which is too heavy and rough for the little toys I make. I’m going to make another Colin the lion… probably. Maybe something else instead, it depends on how I feel about it when I start.

Pretties.

I found a company that sells paper things ranging from wallpaper to cards in a green, eco-friendly fashion. Of course, they’re based in Europe, but their products are so pretty and interesting that I had to post about them.

“This year we’ve gone green All our cards and envelopes are environmentally friendly, whether they are boards made from 100% post consumer waste or from mixed sources of recycled material and pulp from certified well managed forests with sound replanting programmes. All the inks used in the printing of our products are vegetable based and all our cellophane bags are compostable and biodegradable.”

Here are some examples of their wrapping paper from three different artists. At two euro, I’d buy that!